Among the seven dancers are enough highly-seeded teams to give the conference a legitimate shot at its first Final Four team in eight years.

It has been a long drought for the Pac-12. Below are the numbers. Here is your key:

Bids = Number of Pac-12 teams in the NCAA tournament that year
Top-4 Seeds = Number of Pac-12 teams seeded 1, 2, 3 or 4 in a region
1-Seeds = Number of Pac-12 teams awarded the top seed in a region
Final Fours = Number of Pac-12 teams that advanced to the Final Four that year

Pac-12 NCAA Tournament Bid Breakdown

Year

Bids

Top-4 Seeds

1-Seeds

Final Fours

2016

7

3

1

-

2015

4

1

0

0

2014

6

2

1

0

2013

5

0

0

0

2012

2

0

0

0

2011

4

0

0

0

2010

2

0

0

0

2009

6

1

0

0

2008

6

3

1

1

2007

6

3

0

1

2006

4

1

0

1

2005

4

2

1

0

2004

3

1

1

0

2003

5

2

1

0

2002

6

3

0

0

2001

5

3

1

1

Observations:

• The Pac-12 has had four Final Four teams in the past 15 years. Three of those four came in years when the league had three top-4 seeds.

• The Pac-12 had three top-4 seeds four different seasons. The conference put a team in Final Four in three of those years.

• It is insane the Pac-12 went four consecutive years without a single top-4 seed. May we never see a return to such dark times.

• The Pac-12 has had a 1-seed six times but only had a team advance to the Final Four in two of those seasons.

Conclusion:

It appears that having a 1-seed is less important than having multiple teams in the upper quarter of a region. That means Oregon, Utah and Cal, this is your time.

The Pac-12 got a lot of respect with a record number of bids this year. If the conference wants to keep that respect it needs to win some games.